Hospital Enema Green Soap

I have 4 bars of soap in my 1 qt jug I use to mix a enema in two are coconut oil soap one is a goat milk soap and the other is a old Castile soap I look for at Ebay. It make for a nice mild soapy 4 qt enema

1/2 oz Bonner's Peppermint, 1 oz Bonner's Baby Mild, 1/2 oz pure glycerine - she used the clear silicon bag about 2/3 full with single balloon nozzle. This was a second enema after a first enema with two Triad packets. The 2 nd enema was very powerful and I didn't stop 'going' for almost 6 hours. She said I needed a good clean out and it certainly did the job. The next day she called from work and said she thinks she needs to do this once a month in between my regular enemas.

Greg,how much water is that 'cocktail' mixed with? what temp? retention?.....

It has been many years since i was 'trested' to a hospital enema. All i remember is that it was bubbly and at least 10 gallons. 😄 Since i was about 5 years old at the time anything more than a glass full of water was too much!

Back in the late 60s I was a surgical product salesman calling on hospitals. I clearly remember being on one of the nursing floors of a large old Catholic hospital in Northern Wisconsin. I was standing near a utility room speaking with several of the Sisters when the senior Sister turned to a younger Sister and said "don't forget room 322 should get an enema by 3PM." As we continued our conversation, the younger Sister stepped into the utility room, picked up an enamel enema can, attached some tubing, fixed a clamp and nozzle, filled it with hot water and tossed in a wire basket full of soap scraps of many sizes and colors. She then rejoined our conversation which went on for at least another 15 to 20 minutes before the senior Sister reminded about the enema for room 322. Well the younger Sister returned to her work and began swishing the wire basket up and down in the enema can until the soap suds were flowing everywhere. She then topped off the brew with some more hot water, loaded up her cart and just before departing gave the solution several more swishes, placed what was left of the soap basket by the sink and set off for room 322. That had to be one hell of a soapy SSE and to this day I wonder if old 322 survived it.

My husband remembers having hernia surgery in Phoenix in 1972, the year I was born. The night before the surgery he got what he described as a "green soap enema" from a pretty young nurse, and yes, he did get an embarrassing erection. The enema did a great job of cleaning him out, but left him terribly irritated inside, and he spent most of the night passing between the hospital bed and the bathroom. Then in the morning a male orderly dry-shaved him down there with a pink plastic disposable razor, leaving him with a bleeding rash. A different nurse finally patted him down with an alcohol pad, which hurt but did relieve the itching. All in all a truly miserable experience for the poor guy, and the surgery hadn't even happened yet.

Hugs,

Diane

I was also very excited by nurses in long white rubber apron before my phimose operation

I have heard that in many hospitals they simply threw the old leftover soap bars from patient rooms in a jar of water and when a soapsuds enema was ordered, which back in the 50's was very,very frequently, they simply gave the jar shake and dumped some of the soap concentrate in the can.

Garts: I have taken enemas when I had diarrhea. It cured the diarrhea on both occasions.

When I was 12 I had my appendix taken out. The night before the operation I was given an enema by a male orderly. He used a stainless steel can and a colon tube. The soap was Ivory...so they said. I had never had a soap enema...they were always with soda. He told me to tell him when it hurt and he would stop, which he did. I didn't think I took a lot, but I can't believe how much came out. That was that.

Then about 3 days after the surgery I was constipated. The nurse gave me the third dose of Milk of Magnesia saying, "If this doesn't work we will have to resort to an enema."

It didn't work, the next day she came in with the stainless bucket and the colon tube. I could see soap suds at the top of the bucket...again, Ivory soap, and lots of it. She started the enema and I complained right away..."I don't think I can hold it." She would say, "Yes you can. You have to take all the water for it to do any good." I thought she would never stop. During the enema, 2 other nurses came in to observe, probably to hold me down if I gave them any trouble. That enema was really uncomfortable, but I learned about soap...and took a lot myself after that.

Sussie, are you sure tincture of green soap is ok for enemas?

I have used enemas to clear up diahrea before and it work well have used them many times

I bought some ivory liquid hand and body soap and use i tablespoon to two qrts of water gives a nice smooth enema without cramps and very sudsy the way i like it

What is the Green soap called that is used in Hospitals?

Tincture of green soap

That soap is very strong and irritating.

My understanding is the hospital soap was Castile. It is a mild vegetable soap. You used to be able to buy it in packets as a liquid. Now you can get it by Dr. Brunner. They have plain baby version and a number of scented ones (e.g. Peppermint, lavender).

Other than fleets and barium, do they still even give enemas in hospitals?

It might have been septi sol. I remember we used it back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. We then switched to phiso hex which was white and creamy . Somewhere along my health care journey, I remember a red soap, but don't recall the name. Castile soap was pre packaged in the enema kits and used for a SSE. Extra packs were kept and used as shampoo. In nun run Catholic hospitals we threw nothing away.

I think of Sunlight Soap (a trademark originating in Britain) when people mention green soap, and I'm also sure that was what was being used in some hospitals many years ago. Sunlight soap is still available today in Britain and the previous "colonies": Australia, South Africa, etc. It is a so-called "pure" soap, supposed to be mild and gentle, and I rediscovered it as a great enema soap some years ago.

There is one big trick when using it, I discovered quite by accident. First, you dissolve about 10 grams (1/3 ounce) soap bar shavings in a cup of boiling water (300cc) and stir until the solution is clear. Now, if you use that solution straight away by diluting with more water in the enema bag to make about 2 quarts, the result is often unpleasant, irritating, even causing a bit of nausea if you're susceptible to it.

But here's the trick: After dissolving the shavings in the cup, you let it stand for a few hours (or overnight, if the enema is the next morning). Something amazing happens. The solution in the cup undergoes some form of transformation into an opaque, whitish-green gel-like substance, which has a snotty, slippery consistency. It gets quite "stiff" and has to be stirred up in the cup again to lower the viscosity. When you pour the cup into a mixing pitcher with more water for the enema, this gelly stuff sinks straight to the bottom. You then stir quite vigorously with a spoon (do not shake) to get an even spread throughout the solution, but you'll notice that the enema water is more of a "suspension" than a properly diluted solution. When left for too long, the soap/gel sinks to the bottom again, but you have enough time to set up the enema at leisure and get things flowing.

Now use THAT for an enema - the slippery consistency of the mix makes it creep around every corner of your bowel without the slightest discomfort when flowing in, passing any obstructive contents effortlessly. Retain for 10 minutes or so and experience a fantastic expulsion - equally slippery and very thorough. With no lingering discomfort afterwards (but I do a rinse anyway). Give it a try - and let us know how you experienced it!

I have been given one by an enema nurse that was a dark brown colour - she had to go and warm it up slightly to make it liquid enough to mix into the bag - lots of bubbles when it come out!

I think of Sunlight Soap (a trademark originating in Britain) when people mention green soap, and I'm also sure that was what was being used in some hospitals many years ago. Sunlight soap is still available today in Britain and the previous "colonies": Australia, South Africa, etc. It is a so-called "pure" soap, supposed to be mild and gentle, and I rediscovered it as a great enema soap some years ago.

Sunlight Soap in Australia is not a green soap but a hard yellow laundry soap, sold in some states as Velvet Soap. It’s been around for a very long time. My mother used to rub it on shirt sleeves and collars before they went into the copper (later the washing machine). I used it, sliced thin with a sharp knife, for my first self-administered enemas, but would only use it today occasionally for nostalgia’s sake as it takes quite a lot of work to dissolve.

Sunlight Soap in Australia is not a green soap but a hard yellow laundry soap, sold in some states as Velvet Soap. It’s been around for a very long time. My mother used to rub it on shirt sleeves and collars before they went into the copper (later the washing machine). I used it, sliced thin with a sharp knife, for my first self-administered enemas, but would only use it today occasionally for nostalgia’s sake as it takes quite a lot of work to dissolve.

You're quite right, one-eyes. Sunlight laundry soap comes in green and yellow - depending on the country where it's sold. And it is sold under a number of trade names. Anyhow, the process is the same as I've described. You put a thin slice in boiling water, that's the only way to get it dissolved fairly quickly - else it's a real struggle. And then let it stand to become a gel.

And then let it stand to become a gel.

The transition to gel phase is temperature-dependent. If you reheat the gel it will liquefy again.

Was a tv programme in uk some time back about old nurses and hospitals, and enemas were mentioned, one said soap odds and ends were put into jars with water in and sterilised, the results were used for enemas !

Never got one, but would love to one day.

As a nurse, my mom used aa variety of soaps for the initial enema in the series. Ivory was most common, but occasionally she would use soaps from the hospital she worked at. The hospital soaps had a tendency to sting more and were harder to retain. They also burned coming out. But boy did i poop when the time came.

One summer, I was a helper/aide at a local hospital. I observed, in several patient rooms, a jar that contained unused pieces of soap in water. I assumed that it was set aside for soapsuds enemas. I did not see it being used during that summer.

The only soap i have had when going to the hospital for enemas was castile..if more than one is given they used johnsons baby shampoo, said it made of castile soap.

I worked as an Orderly in 1949-50, and there was always a container...like 2 lb coffee can, or about that size, containing soap pieces that have "jellied". I was told to just sorta grab a small handful, throw it in the Irrigator Jones can and then add water sudsying up.

Later...in the sixties (as a patient) when the Medical world.had gone plastic, it was packets of Castile soap included with the plastic bucket or envelope bag-type.

the boxcar

Several folks have indicated that an enema cured their diarrhea. That makes medical sense:

The gut contains helpful and harmful bacteria. Good bacteria variously help digestion, make nutrients, (vitamin K) and convert pro-drugs to active drugs, (picosulfate -> bisacodyl). The competition of bacteria generally produces a healthy balance. Sometimes, the proportion of one or more pathological (which means, "having to do with disease") types can become too high. This causes disease.

An example of such a pathogen is clostridium difficile. Clostridium difficile produces enterotoxin A (entero toxin means "digestive tract poison") and cytotoxin B (cytotoxin means "cell poison").

Both of these poisons kill intestinal cells, by different means. Cytotoxin B has four sites that cause four distinct cell killing effects. So, together, they kill intestinal cells in five different ways. this causes colitis, which results in diarrhea. An enema washes out bacteria, which would include the offending bacteria and the toxins. If left untreated, this cause of diarrhea can kill.

The enema is a good start, but a more lasting solution is to use a probiotic. I use one that has 15 billion cells. for me, with my cases, one dose has been a cure.. By using capsules that have four billion cells, I need to keep taking doses.

I hope that his helps and informs well.

Did they ever use Phisohex? Seems to me they eventually took it off the market, was mainly antibacterial.

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